In a message dated 11/5/2007 7:10:44 AM Eastern Standard Time, ssl2molcz@rogers.com writes: At the range of 841 km, their angular separation was 22 arc min, which would have been easy to split, except for the glare from the brilliant station. Hi Ted -- I think you may have meant to say 22-arc SECONDS. A separation of 22 arc minutes would have been nearly twice the distance of Mizar and Alcor (in the Big Dipper) and would have been easy to split both with 25 x 100 binoculars and even with the unaided eye. And while waiting for the ISS/Shuttle to show up, Venus and the crescent Moon certainly made for a lovely "celestial tableau," didn't they? -- joe rao ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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